Edith L. Tiempo poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic was a Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 in the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Bayombong is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Nueva Vizcaya. According to the latest census, it has a population of 54,417 people in 10,693 households.-Barangays:...

. Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Lament for the Littlest Fellow" and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as "descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential tradition in Philippine literature in English

Philippine literature in English

Philippine literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the United States, then engaged in a war with Filipino nationalist forces at the end of the 19th century. By 1901, public education was institutionalized in the Philippines, with English serving as the medium of instruction. That...

. Together with her late husband, writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo

Edilberto K. Tiempo

Edilberto Kaindong Tiempo , also known as E.K. Tiempo, was a Filipino writer and professor. He and his wife, Edith L. Tiempo, are credited by Silliman University with establishing "a tradition in excellence in creative writing and the teaching of literacy craft which continues to this day" at that...

, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop

Silliman National Writers Workshop

The Silliman National Writers Workshop was founded by the late Edilberto K. Tiempo and National Artist for Literature Edith L. Tiempo of Silliman University...

 in Dumaguete City

Dumaguete City

The City of Dumaguete is a city in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. It is the capital, principal seaport, and largest city of the province. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 133,470 people. A person from Dumaguete is called a "Dumagueteño"...

, which has produced some of the Philippines' best writers.

She was conferred the National Artist Award

National Artist of the Philippines

A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts...

 for Literature in 1999.

Novels

• A Blade of Fern (1978)
• His Native Coast (1979)
• One, Tilting Leaves
• The Alien Corn (1992)
• The Builder (2004)
• The Jumong (2006)

Poetry

• The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966)
• The Charmer’s Box and Other Poet (1993)
• Beyond, Extensions
• Marginal Annotations and Other Poems
• Bibliophile
• The Return

Honors and awards

• National Artist Award for Literature
  National Artist of the Philippines
  A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts...
  
   (1999)
• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979, First Prize in Novel)
• Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)